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PEACE Leader Training Manual
LEADER
TRAINING
EQ U I P S E R VAN T L E AD ERS
P E AC E Leader Training Manual Rev. 20191001
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Contents
Welcome ................................................................................................................................................ 7
PEACE Leader Training Sessions ...................................................................................................... 9
PEACE Training Pathway for Churches ....................................................................................... 12
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 13
A Biblical Church .................................................................................................................................... 14
The Mission of God ................................................................................................................................ 15
The PEACE Plan Vision ........................................................................................................................ 18
Discussion Questions ........................................................................................................................... 20
[ 1 ] Foundation ............................................................................................................................ 22
The Foundation of The PEACE Plan ............................................................................................... 24
Becoming a Healthy Local Church .................................................................................................. 25
The Vision of PEACE ............................................................................................................................. 27
Discussion Questions ........................................................................................................................... 30
Action Points ............................................................................................................................................ 31
[ 2 ] Mobilization ......................................................................................................................... 32
Mobilization Principles ........................................................................................................................ 34
Mobilization Strategy............................................................................................................................ 36
Mobilization Process............................................................................................................................. 37
PEACE Works Examples ...................................................................................................................... 40
Discussion Questions ........................................................................................................................... 41
Action Points ............................................................................................................................................ 42
[ 3 ] Transformation ................................................................................................................. 44
Principles of Transformation in a Local Community................................................................. 46
Entering a Local Community............................................................................................................... 48
Measuring PEACE Outcomes ............................................................................................................ 51
Discussion Questions ........................................................................................................................... 57
Action Points ........................................................................................................................................... 58
[ 4 ] Expansion ............................................................................................................................... 59
Expansion Principles ............................................................................................................................. 61
Expansion Prioritization ...................................................................................................................... 63
Expansion Pathway ................................................................................................................................ 65
Expansion Case Study .......................................................................................................................... 66
Discussion Questions ........................................................................................................................... 70
Action Points ............................................................................................................................................ 71
Toolkit .................................................................................................................................................... 72
PEACE Leader Toolkit............................................................................................................................ 73
Preparing ............................................................................................................................................. 74
Preparing Your PEACE Leader and Members ............................................................................. 75
Transitioning ................................................................................................................................... 81
Managing Change ................................................................................................................................... 82
Workshops ........................................................................................................................................ 85
Step 1: Foundation
1 | Workshop 1 - Purpose Driven Church .............................................................................. 86
2 | Workshop 2 - Class 401 ............................................................................................................ 87
3 | Workshop 3 - Assessing a Community ............................................................................... 88
4 | Workshop 4 - Project Planning for a PEACE Work ....................................................... 93
Step 3: Transformation
1 | Workshop 1 – Identify the Needs ..................................................................................... 101
2 | Workshop 2 – Indigenous Solutions ................................................................................ 105
3 | Workshop 3 – Ideas Have Consequences ..................................................................... 113
4 | Workshop 4 – PEACE Values .............................................................................................. 120
5 | Workshop 5 – Implement Wholistically ......................................................................... 122
6 | Workshop 6 – Introducing Outside Resoures ............................................................. 127
7 | Workshop 7 – Three Levels of Development ............................................................... 133
8 | Workshop 8 – PEACE Outcome Measurements ........................................................ 141
Step 4: Expansion
1 | Workshop 1 – Crossing a Culture and Providing Resources ................................. 145
2 | Workshop 2 – Developing a Region of a Country Strategy .................................... 146
Welcome
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Hi friends!
Together, let’s care about what God cares about most, which is his lost children
being found, caring about “the least of these” and the growth of his church; growing
warmer through fellowship, deeper in discipleship, wider through ministry, and
extending all around the world through evangelism. That is what God wants.
At Saddleback Church, we focus our outreach efforts to do the five things that Jesus
did during his ministry time on earth and that we call The P EAC E Plan. It is our
desire to not only do what Jesus did but also to focus on empowering churches
around the globe to do the same.
Get ready for God to use ordinary people in your church in extraordinary ways!
I am so glad that you are here on the very front end of this exciting and world-
changing adventure.
1 Foundation
There is a foundation for healthy church missions. We will
consider some key principles and consider what effective missions
work looks like.
2 Mobilization
It’s time to think beyond getting just a few people from your church
involved in mission work. Let’s get one hundred percent mobilization
of all your church members. We will share some ideas and concepts
that are turning spectators into participators.
3 Transformation
We will consider some practical models for local outreach to the
communities around your church. This will include a framework for the
whole local plan.
4 Expansion
We will look at expanding geographically, cross-culturally, and to
the “ends of the earth” globally. We will discuss the strategies that
empower ordinary people to rise up in the face of giant obstacles, and
make a world of difference.
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PEACE Toolkit
Preparation
The pathway forward as a result of this training starts with equipping your
PEACE Leader who will implement The PE AC E P l a n in your church. P E AC E
Works led by members requires very intentional training. The power of members
equipping members will be discussed, ranging from on-the-job and just-in-time
training, to supplemental training.
Transition
As we step into our communities, we face new realities. The world is rapidly
changing and so must our church as it lovingly responds to those in need — those
that Jesus died for. We will discuss how to effectively bring change into your local
and global outreach without alienating or marginalizing your members.
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Workshops
Workshops are further explanations of PEACE principles. Each workshop will require
the PEACE Leader to take time to discuss and plan the implementation of a particular
PEACE concept.
1 Foundation
1. Purpose Driven Church
2 Mobilization
3 Transformation
1. Identify the Needs: Road to Transformation
4 Expansion
1. The Pathway of Development
PEACE Leaders
PEACE Leader Training Steps 1–4
PEACE Workshops
Introduction
A Biblical Church
The Great Commandments
and The Great Commission
The Great Commandments
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God [worship] with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and
greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor
[serving] as yourself.’”
Matthew 22:37–39 (NIV)
Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth
has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples [evangelism/
mission] of all nations, baptizing them [fellowship] in the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them
[discipleship] to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I
am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18–20 (NIV)
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“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Luke 19:10 (NIV)
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That the least of these might find help from God’s people.
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:
to look after orphans and widows in their distress.
James 1:27 (NIV)
“‘For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty
and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you
invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and
you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you
hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing
clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison
and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the
least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
Matthew 25:35–40 (NIV)
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Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of
the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them
from the hand of the wicked.
• Spiritual emptiness
• Self-centered leadership
• Poverty
• Disease
• Illiteracy
There aren’t enough doctors to solve all the issues in the world, there aren’t enough
teachers to solve all the issues in the world, and there aren’t enough missionaries to
solve all the issues in the world. But there is an army of believers sitting in churches
waiting to be mobilized.
The greatest need in the 21st century is to release the pent-up, latent power of the
average believer in local churches around the world.
If we can figure out a way to — Turn an audience into an army • Turn consumers
into contributors • Turn spectators into participators— it will change the world!
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It’s time to stop debating and start doing. It’s time for the church to be known for love,
not for legalism, for what we’re for, not for what we’re against. It’s time for the church
to be the church.
Ordinary people,
empowered by God,
making a difference, together,
wherever they are.
“As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.”
John 17:18 (NIV)
Discussion Questions
1. What do the global giants look like in your community?
2. Review Luke 4:18–19. Who are the poor, the prisoners, the blind,
and the oppressed?
Foundation
1 FOUNDATI O N
2 M OB I L I Z ATI O N
3 TR A NS FOR M AT I O N
4 E XPA NS I ON
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The Foundation of
The PEACE Plan
The foundation of God’s mission in the world is the local church — his people living
out God’s purposes for their lives. Jesus came and fulfilled his mission by providing a
way for anyone to come to the Father through his sacrificial death and resurrection,
thereby establishing his church. In John 17:18, Jesus was praying to the Father when
he said, “As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world” (NIV). His mission
has been passed on to every one of his disciples.
Becoming a Healthy
Local Church
Balance all five biblical purposes in your church.
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God (worship) with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first
and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your
neighbor (serving) as yourself.’”
Matthew 22:37–39 (NIV)
Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth
has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples (mission) of all
nations, baptizing them (fellowship) in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them (discipleship)
to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you
always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18–20 (NIV)
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The biblical purposes for a local church and every disciple of Christ are:
• Worship
• Fellowship
• Discipleship
• Serving
• Evangelism
DISCIPLESHIP
MATURITY
MINISTRY MEMBERSHIP
SERVING MAGNIFICATION FELLOWSHIP
WORSHIP
MISSION
EVANGELISM
An intentional disciple-making
process is the balancing of all five biblical
purposes in your church.
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Every church is called into mission, and mission is needed among all peoples.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and
you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:8 (NIV)
“Jerusalem” — Personally
• A lifestyle among family, neighbors, co-workers, classmates, etc.
2. Get healthy — Join a small group and take Class 201.
3. Get strong — Serve in the church, take Class 301, and find your S H A P E
(Spiritual gifts, Heart passions, Abilities, Personality, and Experiences).
Get Started
Personal PEACE: Take Class 401 and start living a lifestyle of caring for others.
On-mission Together
Get Going
Local PEACE: Through your church
1. Pray
3. PEACE Works are done in teams and in PEAC E Areas (e.g., neighborhoods) or
Affinity Groups (e.g., Orphans)
1. Pray
Discussion Questions
1. How can you emphasize the “mission” purpose through the disciple-making
process in your church?
2. How can you start communicating “Every Member On-mission” in your church?
Action Points
STEP 1 — FOUNDATION
• Prayer
COMMUNITY • Relationship Building In the Community
PREPARATION (See Workshop-Identify the Needs, pg. 88-91)
• Community Asessment
Mobilization
1 FOU NDATI O N
2 M OB I L I Z AT I O N
3 TR A NS FOR M AT I O N
4 E X PA NS I ON
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Mobilization Principles
Goal: To cast a vision for 100% church mobilization into missions and to develop tools
and methods to overcome the obstacles that get in the way of 100% mobilization!
Ask the Lord of the harvest for more workers. Create a PEACE Prayer team.
1.
Then he [Jesus] said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the
workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out
workers into his harvest field.”
Matthew 9:37–38 (NIV)
2. Accept your church members and attenders where they are at.
3. Direct where you want to take your church members and attenders.
• Clarify your vision, develop your strategy, identify your action steps .
4. Infect your church members and attenders with a new vision.
• How do you move your church members and attenders into a new vision ?
• In order to take your church members and attendees with you on this new,
exciting journey, bring in the fun factor .
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Connect all of your activities and promotions together for your church
5.
members and attenders.
• Conduct annual events for each place and passion. Let the community for that
passion or place lead. Attract members that may be interested and provide a
crawl step for anyone to get started.
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Mobilization Strategy
Goal: To change the culture of your church by communicating the value of
involvement in life-changing local and global activities.
2. Understand the change process that people need to move through (from
apathetic to advocate).
3. Use crawl steps to help your members find their mission passion.
Mobilization Process
The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he
said to him, “Follow me.”
John 1:43 (NIV)
1. Understand the change process that people need to move through.
• Walk = Zero to four hours preparation time — Four hours to one day
execution time (local or nearby)
Start with PEACE SHAPE discovery. It has an infinite number of possibilities. It is the
church unleashed.
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SHAPE
piritual gifts
Mercy, evangelism, hospitality, administration,
and teaching
eart
Passion for orphans and widows, the lost, poor,
oppressed, hungry, homeless, and sick
bilities
Talents, professions, skill sets (e.g., teaching, building,
sports, music, cooking)
ersonality
People gatherer, discipler/mentor, pioneer,
one-on-one caring
xperiences
Education, work, hurts/habits/hang-ups (God never
wastes a hurt)
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• HIV&AIDS*
• Persecuted Church
• Healthcare
• Clean Water
Discussion Questions
1. How are you going to build a prayer team?
Note: Review the principles of mobilizing in your church, starting with the funnel.
2. What will this look like in your setting to do Crawl, Walk, Run steps, taking
people from being apathetic to advocates?
3. What are the most important mobilization principles you need to emphasize at
your church or with other churches learning to mobilize their members?
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Action Points
Pilot Phase — Mobilizing Members
Transformation
1 FOUNDATI O N
2 MOB I LI Z AT I O N
3 TR A NS FOR M AT I O N
4 E XPA NS I ON
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Principles of Transformation
in a Local Community
Goal: Transformation. Transforming lives, families, and communities.
The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two
ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He
told them . . . “Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Do
not take a purse or bag or sandals . . . When you enter a house, first
say, ‘Peace to this house.’ If someone who promotes peace is there,
your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. Stay there.”
2. Member-Led
• PEACE starts locally. It is locally led, locally owned, and locally implemented.
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“By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so
prove to be my disciples.”
John 15:8 (ESV)
5. Wholistic
• Each letter of PEACE is distinct and stands alone, but works wholistically in
the context of the local church. The local church cares about the whole person
(spiritually, physically, emotionally, relationally, and financially), their whole
family, and for their whole lifetime.
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° As you raise up indigenous leadership, they will often find their own resources
But is this the best that we can do as a local church? When a church is providing this
kind of life-giving care there is an opportunity to develop relationships with each
person and determine the root causes of their issues. Then prayerfully and strategically
consider how these output activities can be turned into outcome efforts leading to
more permanent and wholistic solutions (e.g., feeding the hungry, leading people to rise
out of poverty).
Outputs are usually measured as the number of people served or resources provided.
• Increase in orphans being placed in permanent families who are in local churches
You can even set “zero” goals. These are goals to eliminate problems in a commnity.
For example, in Community XYZ:
You can even set “zero” goals. These are goals to eliminate problems in a community.
For example, in Community XYZ:
Evangelicalistic Outreach
Justice and Trafficking
Church Planting (Unengaged, Unreached
People Groups — UUPGs)
PD Church Training
PEAC E Church Training
PD Ministries
• Celebrate Recovery • Worship • Children • Youth
• Small Groups • Men’s and Women’s Ministry
Orphan Care
Assisting the Poor and Hungry
Other Areas of Need
HIV/AIDS
Healthcare
Clean Water
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3 Tertiary Level
Churches can collaborate with government and business. Some expertise required as well
as outside resources to initiate.
2 Secondary Level
Churches can collaborate with government and business. Some expertise required as well
as outside resources to initiate.
1 Primary Level
Churches can do this. The simplest and most reproducible methods, requiring no outside
resources. Easily taught by and to virtually anyone. This is where churches are able to mobilize
the greatest number of its members. Benefits the community.
Challenge: Break into groups and re-create The PEACE Framework of Transformation
from memory as best as you can. Make sure to focus on the “Levels of Development.”
1
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PEACE Center Services — Food, spiritual care, counseling, legal aid, healthcare,
and English as a second language. (This can be a hub for Level 1 development.)
Discussion Questions
1. What are the principles Jesus taught in Luke 10 that we should follow today?
2. What are some PEACE Skills your members need to further the development of
The PEACE Plan in your community?
3. Choose one PEACE Skill and discuss what primary level development looks
like, then describe what secondary and tertiary development looks like for that
PEACE Skills.
Action Points
• Transformation
EVALUATE • Entering a local community
PEACE PILOT • Assessing your community
• Info-gathering
BROADEN
PRAYER TEAM
EMPHASIZE
SIGNATURE ISSUES
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Expansion
1 FOUNDAT I O N
2 MOB I LI Z AT I O N
3 TR A NS F O R M AT I O N
4 E X PA NS I O N
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Expansion Principles
The Scope of Cross-Cultural
and Global Missions
1. Barriers to Reproducing Local PEACE Exponentially
CULTURAL
LINGUISTIC
GEOGRAPHIC
BARRIERS
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u Disproportionately resourced
• Decentralized: What God has laid on the hearts of your members that are
not yet a churchwide emphasis.
° The leader must attend all training and follow the same values and
mission policies.
Crossing A Culture
Crossing a Culture and Providing Resources
Step Away
5TH PASS IT ON
Provide External
Resources as Necessary
4TH RESOURCE STRATEGICALLY
START
HERE Start Building the Foundation
1ST RELATE AND DISCOVER
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A team from a local church has a passion to travel to Rwanda and help with the
problems of AIDS and poor healthcare. They have decided to focus on the Karongi
District of Rwanda and the main city of Kibuye since this area has the greatest
healthcare needs in the country. The country of Rwanda has a population of 12
million people and the Karongi District has 331,800 inhabitants.
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Lake
Kivu
Kibuye
H
H H
The Karongi District of Rwanda has three district hospitals. Two of the hospitals
are run by churches and one is run by the government. The church-run hospitals
receive help from the government, which pays the staff salaries as well as basic
hospital supplies and medicines. For the average resident in this district, going
to a hospital would be a three-day walk. Since the average annual income for a
Rwandan is $320, most people living here cannot afford a bicycle or pay
for a bus ride.
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Lake
Kivu
Kibuye
The Karongi District also has 26 health centers. Most of the centers have a trained
healthcare worker but many do not. These centers struggle to provide even the
most basic services and medicines. It takes the average person living in this area
one entire day to walk to a health center in hope of finding help for their medical
condition. In this area of Rwanda 70 to 80 percent of the illnesses seen in the
district hospitals and health centers are preventable.
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Lake
Kivu
Kibuye
(continued)
As an outsider coming into this area with a heart to help in the battle against
AIDS and other healthcare issues, what would you do? How would you get
started? Whom would you go to first?
• Determine what the local church partners are already doing or capable of
doing utilizing their own resources.
• Take a longer-term view of how you can assist in this area beyond a
short-term effort.
• Who else is already working in this area (or is willing to work with you)
that can help? Any non-government agencies (NGOs) or Christian
organizations? Remember that if you collaborate with others, they need to
be committed to a church-led approach.
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• The Great Commandments and The Great Commission were given to every
believer in every church in every country of the world.
• But not every people group has a church or even someone focused on
planting a church among them.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and
you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:8 (NIV)
“Jerusalem” — Personally
• A lifestyle among family, neighbors, co-workers, schoolmates, etc.
Discussion Questions
1. Describe what a good global church partner looks like.
2. Discuss why it’s best to work with a group of churches versus just one church
when working outside of your community.
3. Review the Pathway for Crossing A Culture and Providing Resources (pg. 65)
you will follow when working with churches outside of your community.
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Action Points
Expanding Expanding
Cross-Culturally and Globally
Cross-Culturally
and Globally
CHOOSE
CHURCH PARTNERS
SELECT
PARTNER CHURCHES
EQUIP PARTNER
CHURCH LEADERS
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Toolkit
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PREPARING
Equipping Ordinary
People to Live
on Mission
TRANSITIONING
Understanding the
Change Process
WORKSHOPS
Reviewing Key
Concepts
PEACE
ACTION
PLANNING
Documenting a
Plan for PEACE
in Your Church
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Preparing
TO O L KI T F O R EQ U IPPING O RD INA RY PEO PLE
TO L I VE O N MI SSIO N
• This will help determine who should lead PE AC E for your church. More than
one person can be trained, but one leader needs to be identified
2. The P EAC E Leader will attend The PEACE Leader Training.
• Step 1 — Foundation
° Learning to establish the foundation in your church and community
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• Step 2 — Mobilization
° Learning to mobilize and lead PE AC E
• Step 3 — Transformation
° Learning to develop the field strategy in a local community
• Step 4 — Expansion
° Learning to develop the field strategy cross-culturally and globally
Using a story-based interaction between members that have gone with teams
preparing to go.
Successful Global Trips are executed by effective leaders. The goal of this training is
to give all PEACE leaders the necessary tools and information that they need to be
effective. All Trip Leaders and Team Leaders are required to complete this training
6 to 9 months before departing on their respective trips.
• Spiritual Preparation/Conflict
• Developing Your Trip Funding
• Team Building
TEAM
• Cross-Cultural Communication
DEVELOPMENT
• Telling Your Story; Reporting Back
• CPR/First Aid
In this training you will learn the foundational elements that are necessary in order
to have a safe and effective global trip. It is made up of five sessions that cover
topics such as the values of PE AC E , trip finances, how to serve in another culture,
and what to do on your trip. The team leader schedules each session at a time that
is best for the team. Your team should begin this training four to six months prior to
departing for your trip.
The trip leader will establish the purpose of the trip, which will determine what skills
module(s) should be completed. There are advanced modules available for returning
trips. Skills training should be completed one or two months before leaving
for your trip.
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Transitioning
TOO L KI T F O R U N D E RSTA ND ING
T HE C H AN G E P RO C ESS
Managing Change
How to transition from what you are currently doing to effective local and global
missions (adapted from Dan Southerland’s book Transitioning).
• Lesson: The more specific the vision, the more dynamic the results.
• Lesson: Affirm and appreciate people for the changes they do make.
• Lesson: Give God all the credit for what has taken place.
Transition Principles
1. Choose growth over control as a leader.
LATE MAJORITY
EARLY MAJORITY
EARLY ADOPTERS
LAGGARDS
INNOVATORS
For any given product category, there are five categories of product adopters:
4. Develop your local and global lay leadership base from those that have
shown faithfulness and leadership ability in your early activities.
5. Prepare to spread the “exciting news” to all church members through the
stories of your members living on-mission.
7. Activate all church members . Ask for a commitment allowing for crawl,
walk, and run options locally and globally.
9. Hit the road and report back through stories, pictures, videos, blogs,
websites to the entire church.
Workshops
Step 1: Foundation
1 | Workshop 1 - Purpose Driven Church ............................................................... 86
2 | Workshop 2 - Class 401 ............................................................................................ 87
3 | Workshop 3 - Assessing a Community ................................................................ 88
4 | Workshop 4 - Project Planning for a PEACE Work ........................................ 93
Step 3: Transformation
1 | Workshop 1 – Identify the Needs ..................................................................... 101
2 | Workshop 2 – Indigenous Solutions ................................................................. 105
3 | Workshop 3 – Ideas Have Consequences ...................................................... 113
4 | Workshop 4 – PEACE Values .............................................................................. 120
5 | Workshop 5 – Implement Wholistically ......................................................... 122
6 | Workshop 6 – Introducing Outside Resoures .............................................. 127
7 | Workshop 7 – Three Levels of Development ............................................... 133
8 | Workshop 8 – PEACE Outcome Measurements ........................................ 141
Step 4: Expansion
1 | Workshop 1 – Crossing a Culture and Providing Resources .................. 145
2 | Workshop 2 – Developing a Region of a Country Strategy .................... 146
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Step 1: Foundation
Workshop 1
Purpose Driven Church
• Please watch the Purpose Driven Church video.
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Step 1: Foundation
Workshop 2
Class 401
• Please make sure you have taken Class 401.
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Step 1: Foundation
Workshop 3
Assessing a Community
Information Gathering
The purpose of this activity is to show participants how much information they
can gather by using their five senses. In small teams, participants will spend time
collecting information in a community where they would like to develop a PEACE
Work. After the field assessment, the teams will debrief with the whole group to
combine the valuable information they all obtained and use it to begin completing the
“Project Planning for a PEACE Work” form.
Objective:
• Participants will learn how to gather information by using their senses and not
depending on the use of a formal questionnaire.
Materials:
• Form: “Project Planning for a PEACE Work”
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* Spiritual beliefs and atmosphere * Traditions, beliefs, and culture
• Where can you get information about a community if you think it is a possible
location for a PEACE Work? Below are some ideas that might be mentioned:
• How can you get information that’s needed to start a PEACE Work and when is
it appropriate to use that method? Below are some ideas that might
be mentioned:
* Do observations
2. Pass out the Project Planning for PEACE Work form. Explain that the purpose
of this survey form is to find out as much as possible about a new area in order to
decide if it is good place for a community PEACE Work. As you are going through
the items on this form, ask participants to think about what information might
be discovered by doing simple field observations using their five senses.
3. Tell participants they will take a Field Trip to a community that could be a
potential location for a PEACE Work, and they will use only their five senses
to gather as much information as possible for the Project Planning for PEACE
Work survey. Tell participants:
• Do not carry the form or make notes that are visible to the community.
• Teams will meet back after the field outing to debrief. Each team will report the
information they gathered. One participant will act as the recorder for the
whole group and fill in information observed in the community on the survey.
Have teams go out into the community to observe using their senses and gather
community information. Afterward, debrief with the whole group.
5. After the field trip, debrief with the whole group. Record your results.
Explain that the group will need to go into the community several times to
gather information.
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OPTIONAL
• Check to find out if it is advisable to make a first visit to the leader before going
directly into a community.
• Build trust by showing genuine interest and respect for the people you
encounter, putting their comfort over the need to get information.
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Step 1: Foundation
Workshop 4
Project Planning for a PEACE Work
Read Numbers 13:2-3, 17-20 — “Explore.” What Would You Look For?
1. COMMUNITY
b) What are some important past events that influence the community today?
c) What other projects have taken place recently in the community? What
lessons can we learn?
2. KINSHIP/FAMILY
d) What is the average length of time families have lived in this location?
3. ECONOMICS
b) Who controls resources (such as credit, markets, land, jobs, etc.)? How does this
affect people’s lives?
4. EDUCATION
a) Number of schools:
5. POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT
b) How will the local infrastructures help or hinder change? (roads, bridges,
government services, markets, city council, etc.)
c) Muslim: f) Hindu:
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7. AGRICULTURE:
a) Food crops:
b) Cash crops:
d) Livestock:
8. HEALTH
Number from most common to least common: 1 = Most common, 5 = Least Common
Malaria: __________
d) Mortality:
• Infant mortality (birth to 1 year) in the last calendar year (i.e. number of infants
who die per 1,000 births). __________
• Under-5 mortality in the last calendar year (i.e. number of children 1 to 5 years
old who die per 1,000): __________
9. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
k) Source of water (well, standpipe in street, rain off roof, drainage): ________
11. TRANSPORTATION
a) What skilled people are available locally that might help the PEACE Work?
b) What services of the government and other agencies are available that
might help the project?
c) What contribution of labor, money, or goods could the local people make?
d) Who else is working in the same community doing what your PEACE Work
might be doing?
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Step 3: Transformation
Workshop 1
Identify the Needs
Goal: The purpose of this exercise is to help participants identify problems in their
community and choose priorities for action. Participants will also identify resources
available locally that can be used to accomplish their priorities and resolve the
problems they have chosen to address. Facilitators will emphasize that most needs
are common and can be addressed with little need of outside resources.
Objectives
• Participants will learn how to help people in the community identify
their problems.
• Participants will be able to help the people realize that they locally have most of
the resources necessary to complete their projects.
1. Create an open space in the middle of the group. Begin the activity by having
participants place their objects on the “Road to Transformation” (alongside the
tape/string/rope) and explain what they represent.
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3. After the vote is complete, have someone in the group count the stones and
identify the four problems that had the highest votes. These four problems will be
used in the next activity. Explain how once we have identified problems, we must
also consider what resources we have that could address these needs.
4. Break into four groups. Assign each group one of the top four problems identified
in the activity above.
5. Have each group discuss the following questions. Instruct the group to focus
on local resources that are available within the community that can be used to
transform the community into what God intends it to be. The groups will report
their findings orally or on a chart paper as appropriate for participants.
• What people are available in your community that can help your group with
your problem? This list could include local leaders, influential people, or
government workers in the areas of health, teaching, business, etc, and can be in
either Christian organizations or secular development organizations.
What materials are available locally? Materials could be Natural (e.g., trees,
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rocks, sand, water, sun), Locally Made (e.g., blocks and thatch, timber, charcoal),
Locally Grown or Raised (e.g., crops, livestock), or Purchased Items (from nearby
markets or cities).
• What facilities are available that will help the project? Possible facilities
could be local churches, buildings, schools, shops, government offices, or clinics.
6. Brainstorm with the whole group. What should you do when the community has a
problem you cannot deal with? Facilitators will try to elicit the following ideas:
• Guide the community into PEAC E Works that are realistic and achievable.
Step 3: Transformation
Workshop 2
Indigenous Solutions: Local Ownership
Goal: The purpose of this exercise is to get participants thinking about the local
churches in the community owning the PE AC E Work and seeing it as their own.
Objectives
• Participants will understand the importance of empowering the local churches
in the community to own the PE AC E Work and not rely on an outside group.
• Participants will understand the importance of local ideas and the use of
local resources.
Read the first part of “The Mountain Story,” then stop to discuss what you read.
1. At the beginning of the story, the people saw that there was a need, but did not
do anything about it. Why do you think the people in the community did not act
to resolve the problem?
2. What were some of the problems with the visitor’s solution of using
an ambulance?
Read the next part of “The Mountain Story,” then stop to discuss what you read.
Representatives from the district office came, saw the problem, and wanted to
help. The district decided that what was really needed was a clinic at the foot
of the mountain. So if someone fell, they could get immediate medical care. The
district built a clinic, and provided equipment, staff, and drugs. The people were
very happy that those who fell could now get immediate attention and not have
to make the 10-kilometer drive to the other clinic.
This worked well for a while, but eventually those working at the clinic wanted
time off so the clinic was left unattended. The people went to the district and
complained about the poor service that the clinic was providing and said the
district had to give them better care. The district put in extra staff to cover
during the holidays.
The clinic ran out of drugs several times and the people complained about the
poor care the district was providing. The district ran low on money and had to
stop some of their operations to conserve their money. They decided to stop
staffing this clinic and providing drugs for it. They shut it down. The people
were very angry with the district.
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2. What was the real problem the community faced? Why didn’t an ambulance or a
clinic address the real problem?
3. Why do you think the people were so willing to embrace the visitor’s and the
district’s solutions even though they did not address the real problem?
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Read the last part of “The Mountain Story,” then stop to discuss what you read.
The people didn’t know what to do. The two ideas that outsiders had done
for them, the ambulance and clinic, were no longer available and working. A
local church leader in the community said, “Let’s meet to talk about the real
problem.” They looked back at their original need, which was to take care of
those who fell off the path as they were traveling up and down the mountain
from the village. The two solutions helped to some degree, but there were
problems with each.
As they talked, the church leader said, “I had an idea when we first talked
about the problem, but no one would listen to me. The outsider was going
to do everything for us for free. My idea would have taken some work and
resources on our part so no one was interested in what I had to offer.”
The paster then told them the idea. The pastor proposed building a fence
along the trail to keep people from falling over the edge. It would take work on
the people’s part to cut the wood for the fence and to put it up. It would take
mobilizing many of the church members and their resources to put the fence
posts in cement so they would last longer.
The people responded with, “That’s a great idea. Let’s do it.” The church
members brought wood and cement and began to work. After several weeks
the work was done. Now, when someone slips, the fence stops them from
falling over the edge to the valley below. After a few years the wood
began to rot, but instead of going to an outsider, they went and fixed
the fence themselves.
Instead of looking to the outside for help, they began to look to God and their
own church to solve the problem. This one project gave them confidence that
they could do things for themselves. Now when someone from the outside
came to give them something, they said, “Thank you, but if we think it is
important we will do it ourselves.”
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1. Who was better equipped to identify the real problem, the outsiders or the
people of the local church? Why?
2. What role did the local church play in helping the people identify the real
problem and a solution that addressed it?
3. What steps did the people take in developing the solution of building a fence
along the mountain path?
4. What happened when the fence began to rot a few years later?
5. What do you think the people will do next time there is a serious problem in
their community?
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Action Points
The facilitator reviews the main points this story teaches.
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Step 3: Transformation
Workshop 3
Ideas Have Consequences:
Worldviews
Goal: The purpose of this activity is to help participants to understand how
worldviews affect how we view others and the world around us. Participants will
begin to explore how they should keep in mind people’s mindset.
Objectives
• Participants will understand that mindset change precedes empowerment.
Show the “Ideas Have Consequences” illustration with the words covered.
• What is the role of each part of the tree: roots, trunk, branches, and fruit?
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Have a volunteer attach each of the four labels (Beliefs, Values, Behavior,
Consequences) to the part of the tree they think best corresponds to the roots, trunk,
branches, and fruit. At the end of the exercise, show Darrow Miller’s arrangement and
explain that beliefs are the foundation of a people’s values, actions, and ultimately the
quality of their lives.
Show the “Growing Healthy Cultures” illustration and ask, “What can we learn
from the pictures of the trees and soils they are in?”
• Trees fertilized with some truth show some life and vigor.
• The more truth the trees are fertilized with, the stronger the tree.
• Truth and lies are not only held by individuals, but corporately by cultures.
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Read the following verses out loud and ask the following question.
According to these verses, what is Satan’s strategy for destroying people and nations?
Read Colossians 2:8 to the group and ask, “What does Paul identify as the
things Satan uses to take people captive?”
• Human traditions
Tell participants: Satan lies to nations at the level of culture through philosophies and
traditions. The spiritual powers impact the physical world through culture.
Have participants break into groups. Assign each group one of the
following different “giants” and determine what root cause (false premise)
it might be based on.
• Spiritual Emptiness
• Self-Serving Leadership
• Poverty
• Disease
• Illiteracy
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• PEACE Works attempt to identify and address the root causes of the “giants.”
• When root causes are effectively addressed, then lasting outcomes are realized.
Step 3: Transformation
Workshop 4
PEACE Values
Goal: The purpose of this activity is for participants to use the P EACE values
of being God-centered, locally led, collaborative, sustainable, reproducible, and
wholistic to explore effective ways to transform lives in every community where
you are doing PE AC E Works.
Objectives
• Participants will learn about the PEACE values of being God-centered, locally
led, collaborative, sustainable, reproducible, and wholistic.
Introduce the activity by giving the group the definition of “Local Ownership.”
Explain that this activity will show how PE ACE values can support effective
community involvement and project ownership.
Locally Led: People become involved when they have identified their own
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needs and solutions. They gain a sense of investment and ownership when
they do the planning, implementation, ongoing evaluation, and adjustment of
PEACE Works.
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Wholistic: People respond when a PEACE Work meets all their needs —
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physical, emotional, and spiritual. People become interested in being involved
when they see the whole picture of what is occurring in their community and
understand the root problems that could be addressed by a PEACE Work.
Step 3: Transformation
Workshop 5
Implement Wholistically: The Great
Commission and The Great Commandments
Goal: The purpose of this activity is to provide participants with the basis for a wholistic
approach to life transformation in your community. This activity will help participants to
start PE AC E Works that are truly wholistic, addressing the physical, social, mental, and
spiritual needs of people.
Objectives
• Participants see that Jesus came to meet the needs of the whole person, not
just one aspect of His being.
• Participants understand that Jesus commands his followers to meet the needs
of the whole person.
• Participants will share a wholistic PEAC E Work that they have done or plan to
do in the future that addresses the whole person, including spiritual, emotional,
and physical needs.
Introduce the idea that people sometimes focus on a single dimension of ministering
to the needs of people without realizing Jesus commands us to serve the whole
person. Ask two participants to role-play two people arguing over which is more
important: addressing spiritual or physical needs.
Reader 1: The only thing that we should be concerned with as Christians is winning
people to Christ. Matthew 28:18–20 clearly tells us that.
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Reader 2: You are wrong. The Bible tells us we should be concerned about the physical
needs of people as well as their spiritual needs. Matthew 22:37–40 tells us
we are to love others. Matthew 25:35–40 says that when we help a person
physically, we are ministering to Jesus. What about the teaching of the Good
Samaritan?
Reader 1: What good is it to save a man’s life physically if he is going to spend eternity
in Hell?
Reader 2: How can a man listen to the Gospel when he is dying of hunger?
Have someone read Luke 4:16–21 to the group, then discuss the questions below.
1. At what point in Jesus’ ministry did this interaction take place?
• At the beginning of his public ministry, after being tempted in the wilderness for
40 days.
• Jesus was stating his purpose or mission, as well as defining the nature of
his work.
Tell Participants: Jesus came with concern for every area of our lives. His mission was
to restore wholeness to a lost and broken world. He would address not only spiritual
concerns, but physical, social, and emotional concerns as well.
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Have someone read Matthew 25:35–46 to the group. Then discuss the
questions below.
• Jesus based his judgment on how people responded to the needs of others.
2. What kinds of needs were met by those who are judged to be righteous?
• Hunger — Fed
• Nakedness — Clothed
• Homelessness — Provided
• Imprisonment — Visited
Tell Participants: Jesus did not say, “I was hungry and you preached to me,” or “I
was thirsty and you preached to me.” He expects his followers to respond to people
according to their need. Being responsive to the needs of others, and obedient
to both The Great Commandments and The Great Commission, will take very
great commitment.
Have someone read Luke 9:1–2 and Luke 10:1, 8–9 to the group. Then discuss the
questions below.
• He sent out 12 to heal, preach, and cast out demons. He sent out
72 to heal and preach.
Conclusion
Ask the group the following questions:
1. What does this teach us about the kind of P EACE Work we should have?
2. What type of wholistic PEACE Work could you do in the future that addresses a
person’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs?
• When was the last time you led another person to faith in Christ?
• When was the last time you helped a new believer begin to grow on the
road to maturity?
• When was the last time you helped to meet a neighbor’s physical need
or problem?
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• When was the last time you helped someone to grow in such a way that they can
do for someone else what you have done for them?
Group Discussion
Wholistic Approach
The PEACE Plan is a wholistic strategy that will enable you to bring balance
to your PEACE Works by being responsive to the needs of people in the
communities you serve. This activity is aimed at equipping people to serve
the whole need of the individual, and to be obedient to both The Great
Commandments and The Great Commission.
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Step 3: Transformation
Workshop 6
Introducing Outside Resources
Goal: The purpose of this activity is to help participants see the impact of introducing
outside resources into a community. It is important to look first to existing local
resources and knowledge when initiating a development project. If outside resources
are needed, there are important considerations to keep in mind when providing
training and support to local community members.
Objectives
• Participants will learn the value of using the concept of multiplication when
deciding on the appropriate resources to offer a community.
• Participants will learn some helpful tips to consider when providing training to
a community.
Preparation
• Draw two lines with chalk or tape on the floor to be the banks of a river.
• Draw two circles representing stepping stones and a larger one in the middle to
represent an island; explain the symbolism of these markings.
• Ask three people from the group to role-play the story as you tell it. Identify
them as the First, Second, and Third.
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Use the following questions to help participants to think about the use of resources in
a community.
• Why do you think the first two men refused the third man’s initial offer to help
them cross the river?
• Why were they willing to allow him to carry them across instead?
• Why does the third man quickly tire out, exhausting his own
personal resources?
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• What did the third man do to help the second man to gain enough confidence to
cross the rest of the river on his own?
• Which man was ultimately helped more — the first or the second? Why?
Have the volunteers act out the final part of the story as you tell it.
• If the second man did not return to the island, what do you think would have
happened to the first man?
• What empowered the second man to overcome his nervousness and re-cross to
the island and then teach his friend how to cross the river?
• What could be some of the positive effects of these two men learning to cross
the river? How does this illustrate the importance of multiplication?
• What were the resources that the third man offered the first two men?
• Which resource had a more positive outcome that could potentially impact
more than just these two men?
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Outside Resources
Have participants work in groups of two or three people to consider the notes on
Introducing Outside Resources below. Ask them to identify which parts of
“The River-Crossing Story” illustrate these points. Have each group pick one
point they find particularly valuable to share with the whole group.
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Have the groups consider the Notes on Learning and Teaching below. Ask them to
identify which parts of “The River-Crossing Story” illustrate these points.
Have each group pick one point they find to be particularly valuable to share
with the whole group.
Have the groups discuss the question below and share their response with the
whole group.
Step 3: Transformation
Workshop 7
Three Levels of Development
• Compassion and Justice
° Matthew 25:35–42
• Acts of Kindness
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law
of Christ.
Galatians 6:2 (NIV)
• Development
Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in
themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else,
for each one should carry their own load.
Galatians 6:4–5 (NIV)
Transformation — Development
• Intentional
° Matthew 28:18–20
• Fruitfulness
° John 15:8, 16
• Sustainable and Reproducible
° Luke 4:18–19
• Wholistic
• Focus on those who are “the lost, last, and least of these.”
Level 1
• The most sustainable, reproducible strategies.
Level 2
• Requires some expertise and resources.
Level 3
• Requires some significant expertise and resources.
3 Tertiary Level
Churches can collaborate with government and business. Some expertise required as well
as outside resources to initiate.
2 Secondary Level
Churches can collaborate with government and business. Some expertise required as well
as outside resources to initiate.
1 Primary Level
Churches can do this. The simplest and most reproducible methods, requiring no outside
resources. Easily taught by and to virtually anyone. This is where churches are able to mobilize
the greatest number of its members. Benefits the community.
• Level 1 is not just Crawl, Level 2 is not just Walk, and Level 3 is not just
the Run step.
• What does Crawl, Walk, and Run look like at the Primary Level of development?
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Discussion:
• Discuss what each of the three levels of development would look like for that
PEACE Work.
Discuss What These PEACE Works Might Look Like at Each Level of Development.
1. Orphancare
2. HIV&AIDS
PEACE WORKS
Action Points
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Step 3: Transformation
Workshop 8
Measuring PEACE Outcomes:
Outcomes vs. Outputs
Outputs: Outputs are activities that help provide care for a person in need. These are
biblical and we are responsible as individuals to participate in caring for those without
food, water, and clothes as well as the incarcerated, orphans, widows, and refugees.
(See Matthew 25:35–40 and James 1:27).
But is this the best that we can do as a local church? When a church is providing this
kind of life-giving care, there is an opportunity to develop relationships with each
person and determine the root causes of their issues. Then prayerfully and strategically
consider how these output activities can be turned into outcome efforts leading to
more permanent and wholistic solutions (e.g., feeding the hungry, leading people to rise
out of poverty).
Outputs are usually measured as the number of people served or resources provided.
• Increase in orphans being placed in permanent families who are in local churches
You can even set “zero” goals. These are goals to eliminate problems in a community.
For example, in Community XYZ:
Sustainable Goals
At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, world leaders adopted the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes a set of 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle
climate change by 2030.
These are often helpful guidelines as most countries already have measurement
procedures in place for these goals and might in certain instances be willing to
partner at the local level.
P E AC E Outcome Measurements
• Decrease number living on less than the national level for poverty.
Step 4: Expansion
Workshop 1
The Pathway of Development
When you’re crossing a culture and your church is not going to be there day after day,
use a development process that will be sustainable and reproducible.
• Step Away
Crossing A Culture
Crossing a Culture and Providing Resources
Step Away
5TH PASS IT ON
Provide External
Resources as Necessary
4TH RESOURCE STRATEGICALLY
START
HERE Start Building the Foundation
1ST RELATE AND DISCOVER
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Workshop 2
Developing a Region and Country Strategy
Paul, called of God to be the Apostle to the Gentiles, is what we would call our
“missionary par excellence” of the missionary activity recorded for us in Scripture.
The apostle Paul is front and center. It was Paul’s mission activities (Acts 13–28)
that contributed remarkably toward the Christian church’s move from the limited
sphere of Judaism to the broader frame of the Gentile world. It then becomes, for all
religious history, a preeminent model for missionary outreach.
The New Testament delineates at least 50 cities visited during Paul’s (at least) five
major travels or missionary journeys. His ministry ran from A.D. 33 (when he was
roughly 31 years old) to his martyrdom at the hands of Rome in A.D. 68
(at the age of about 66).
“For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a
light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the
earth.’” When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored
the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life
believed. The word of the Lord spread through the whole region.
Acts 13:47–49 (NIV)
Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months,
arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God . . . So Paul left them.
He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the
lecture hall of Tyrannus. This went on for two years, so that all the
Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of
the Lord.
Acts 19:8–10 (NIV)
The question then needs to be asked, “Did Paul have a strategy when accomplishing
his mission?” So much depends on our definition of strategy in trying to answer
this question. If by looking at Paul’s mission activities we mean a deliberate, well-
formulated, duly executed plan of action based on human observation and experience,
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then it would be hard to determine a strategy. But if we take strategy to mean a flexible
method of proceeding, developed under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and subject
to his direction and control, then Paul can be seen to have forethought to his work.
Roland Allen wrote, “It is quite impossible to maintain that St. Paul deliberately planned
his journeys beforehand, selected certain strategic points at which to establish his
churches and then actually carried out his designs.” In fact, it could be said that Paul
developed theology and most of his mission strategy while doing missions. Looking
then at the history of Paul’s journeys, we can note several aspects of his strategizing.
The concentration of his mission was on four of the most populous and prosperous
provinces: Galatia, Asia, Macedonia, and Achaia. Both Luke and Paul speak constantly
of the provinces rather than the cities (Acts 9:31; 15:23; 16:6,9; 1 Thess 1:5-8). The
city was Paul’s theater of mission. Paul’s theory was not that he had to preach in every
place himself, but by establishing centers of Christian life in the important places, the
Gospel might then spread to the provinces.
The cities where he did plant churches were centers of Roman administration, of Greek
civilization, of Jewish influence, or of some commercial importance. It is important
to note that, though we see today a rapid growth of urbanization, the city is not more
important and the countryside less important. Rather, Paul’s intention was to have the
congregation situated in the city to be a center of light (Acts 19:10). How else could Paul
claim in Romans 15:19 that he had evangelized the whole province? Particularly, the
church in Rome was to be of strategic importance when Paul planned to leave the East
and begin work in the West (Romans 15:23–24).
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Phases of a Movement
1. Preparation
• Start with prayer and asking God for a clear vision of where to focus
2. Penetration
• Train the local church leaders in “Church Health” in the major urban centers
• Launch The PEACE Plan through these local churches being trained
3. Concentration
• Train more local church leaders in these same major urban centers
• These trainings are conducted by the local church leaders equipped in the
“Penetration” phase
4. Expansion
• Local church leaders take the “Church Health” training beyond the urban centers
5. Saturation
• “Church Health” (with The PEAC E Plan embedded in the training)
6. Continuation
Every “Lost” and “Least of These” must be our focus until the return of Jesus.
Continuous evaluation, feedback toward improvement, and effectiveness
are emphasized.
PEACE Action
Planner
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Your Church
Reflect
1. What percentage of our church members and attenders are actively involved in
local and global missions activities right now?
3. How many more people can our current missions strategy and support systems
handle right now?
4. What would happen to our missions team and support systems if every member of
our church wanted to get involved today?
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Respond
3. Brainstorm with your team about new crawl/walk/run events and activities that
could assist you in mobilizing a larger percentage of your church members.
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Where to Work
Reflect
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Respond
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• Where are the greatest needs within the communities around us?
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• Are we partnering with any local community centers or agencies in our focus
communities? If so, who are we partnering with?
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• Are we partnering with any local churches in our focus communities? If so, who
are we partnering with?
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• Do we have goals and objectives for those partnerships? If so, are those
being met?
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• Are our local efforts led by paid staff, lay volunteers, or both?
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Respond
• Of the communities that we are now working in, what potential church or
agency partners are we not taking advantage of?
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• What people within our church could potentially serve as volunteer coordinators
for our local efforts?
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Reflect
• What activities have we done in the communities that we are currently working
in? Would we consider those activities wholistic?
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• Do we have key goals and objectives for our current activities? If so, are those
being met?
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• Are the activities that we are doing encouraging lasting change and community
transformation?
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PEACE Leader Training 157
• What obstacles do our church members have toward local missions efforts?
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• What fears are we aware of that some might have? Do any prejudices exist
toward any local segments of people?
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Respond
• What can we do to address obstacles that exist for our church members to be
involved in our local missions efforts?
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Expansion
Where to Go: Choosing Strategic Locations
Reflect
° Short-term missions
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° Business travel
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° Vacation travel
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Respond
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° Where are the greatest needs within the communities around us?
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Respond
• What are the key criteria our church will use when considering who to
work with?
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° Proximity
° Be aware of potential cross-purposes (one team can’t score in both goals,
e.g., agency vs. church).
° Be aware of our dependency on English speakers (best English doesn’t always mean
best partner).
• What activities have our church members done in the past while on
short-term trips?
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• What is the lasting value of those activities (will the ministry continue to grow
and be effective without us)?
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Respond
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• Some Cautions:
Focus on ministry effectiveness in the field (as opposed to what your church
°
members receive by their going).
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PEACE Leader Training 163
1 Saddleback Pkwy
Lake Forest, CA 92630 USA
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